DOING THE RIGHT THING

This Sunday is our Fall Fix-Up.  We will meet at the Oak Park Jewish Center and spend some time working together to help make the world a better place.  We have been talking about our responsibility to those in our community in both our 5th and 6th grade rotations.  The idea of Tikkun Olam, repairing the world is just part of the grand scheme of things.  We are commanded to work together to bring us closer to GOD, ourselves, and to the community, and one of the ways we do this by helping others.  

We have had some wonderful discussions in our class about the things we can do to bring us closer to GOD, and how difficult it is to talk about GOD.  We understand that there is something far greater than we are, but at times we struggle to understand what that is.  The best way to create a relationship with GOD is to try to always do the right thing, with the idea that this is the path we need to travel.  

Our Tuesday class has also been talking about ethics, and how it is important to think about doing the right thing, even if it is not the popular thing to do.  Ethics are the feelings behind the law, and they are often difficult to understand because they are not always the easiest choices to make.